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Book SynopsisThe famous geological research ship Glomar Challenger was a radically new instrument that revolutionized earth science in the same sense that the cyclotron revolutionized nuclear physics, and its deep-sea drilling voyages, conducted from 1968 through 1983, were some of the great scientific adventures of our time. Beginning with the vessel's first c
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Table of ContentsList of FiguresList of PlatesPreface to the American EditionPreface to the Chinese EditionPreface to the German EditionAcknowledgmentsPt. 1The Eve of a Revolution, 1963-1968Ch. 1Moho and Mohole3Ch. 2Ice Age and LOCO21Ch. 3The Challenger Goes to Sea: The Inauguration of Glomar Challenger35Ch. 4The Earth Science Revolution46Pt. 2The Breakthrough, 1968-1973Ch. 5A Game of Numbers75Ch. 6Atlantic and Tethys95Ch. 7Arc and Trench in the Mediterranean108Ch. 8Swallowing Up of the Ocean Floor130Ch. 9Marginal Seas146Ch. 10Hope and Frustration in Nauru162Ch. 11Hawaiian Hot-Spot184Ch. 12India's Long March198Pt. 3Exploring New Territories, 1973-1975Ch. 13Antarctic Adventures219Ch. 14Mid-Cretaceous Anoxia238Ch. 15When the Mediterranean Dried Up255Ch. 16The Black Sea Was Not Always Black274Pt. 4Seeding a New Revolution While Mopping Up, 1975-1983Ch. 17Getting Stuck in Ocean Crust299Ch. 18Eating Peanuts on Ocean Margins317Ch. 19What Makes the Ocean Run338Ch. 20The Great Dying355Epilogue384Appendix A: Deep-Sea Drilling Legs393Appendix B: Bibliographical Notes403Index409
